Former Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron Angle is angling to lead the tea party movement heading into 2012.

Angle over the weekend unveiled the Patriot Caucus, a political action committee that she says has the support of tea party organizers in 15 states and that will “organize a ground game across most battleground states for the 2012 election cycle.” The group plans to open offices in Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida and Nevada — states with early presidential primaries and caucuses — in early 2011.

“The tea party movement stood with me through a hard-fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,” Angle said in a statement. “It’s time for me to give back and help our movement take the fight against Big Government to a new level.”